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Technology

By aaforringer on September 1, 2026 • ( 0 )

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of… Read More ›

Freedom

By aaforringer on May 28, 2015 • ( 0 )

There are two freedoms: the false where a man is free to do what he likes; and the true where a man is free to do as he ought. Charles Kingsley Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was… Read More ›

Freedom

By aaforringer on May 5, 2015 • ( 2 )

In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all — security, comfort, and freedom. When… …the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to… Read More ›